Nebraska? If we're moving the Capitol, how about these places instead?

By Ryan Teague Beckwith, Digital First Media

Posted:
01/08/2014 07:07:53 AM MST

Updated:
01/08/2014 07:07:56 AM MST

A Senate candidate in Nebraska thinks we should move the nation's capital there.

Nebraska?!? If we're moving the U.S. Capitol, how about these places instead?

A Senate candidate in Nebraska thinks we should move the nation's capital there.Republican primary candidate Ben Sasse, a former Bush administration official, put forward the idea mostly tongue in cheek in a 30-second ad that ran over the weekend.At least one commentator said it wasn't a bad idea. But if we're going to move the nation's capital, why Nebraska? Here are nine other places that could make a good case for being the new D.C.North CarolinaCharlotte, N.C. (AP)Washington, D.C., was ...

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